Numbers 21:20 (YLT)

Passage

and from Bamoth in the valley which <FI>is<Fi> in the field of Moab <FI>to<Fi> the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness.

Nearby Context

Numbers 21:18 `A well--digged it have princes, Prepared it have nobles of the people, With the lawgiver, with their staves.' And from the wilderness <FI>they journeyed<Fi> to Mattanah,

Numbers 21:19 and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth,

Numbers 21:20 and from Bamoth in the valley which <FI>is<Fi> in the field of Moab <FI>to<Fi> the top of Pisgah, which hath looked on the front of the wilderness.

Numbers 21:21 And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king of the Amorite, saying,

Numbers 21:22 `Let me pass through thy land, we do not turn aside into a field, or into a vineyard, we do not drink waters of a well; in the king's way we go, till that we pass over thy border.'

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "bamoth", "valley", "field", "moab", "pisgah", "hath", "looked", and "front". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "bamoth" and "valley", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 19's "and from Mattanah to Nahaliel and from..." into verse 21's "And Israel sendeth messengers unto Sihon king...", so "bamoth" and "valley" belong inside that flow. In Numbers context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "bamoth" and "valley" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.